Re: Rhys Ifans! Welsh fans, another pronunciation pop question
From: | Muke Tever <hotblack@...> |
Date: | Monday, November 29, 2004, 6:55 |
On Mon, 29 Nov 2004 07:42:50 +0100, Andreas Johansson <andjo@...> wrote:
>> > I suppose that's still nicer than the "Sod Damn" (American accent) I've
>> heard.
>>
>> Except that "sod" for (most) Americans refers only to ground
>> covered by grass, and doesn't have the additional expletive value
>> that it sometimes has in Britain. That is, of course, unless they
>> have watched too much BBC-America. :)
>
> Really? Well, if it wasn't intended as an insult/pun, one's got to wonder why
> the speaker split it up like that.
Pun on "God damn" most likely.
*Muke!
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